What is another word for asphyxiate?
Pronunciation: [ɐsfˈɪksɪˌe͡ɪt] (IPA) 
Asphyxiate refers to the act of suffocating or choking to death. Synonyms for asphyxiate include suffocate, smother, stifle, strangle, choke, and suffuse. Suffocate suggests the deprivation of air, as in a closed space. Smother implies suffocation by covering someone or something with a blanket or other object. Stifle can denote choking through emotion (e.g., stifling a cry). Strangle means compressed neck constriction. Choke refers to the blockage of the airways, while suffuse suggests suffocation by filling or overloading the lungs or tissues with a substance such as water or smoke. All these terms convey the deadly outcome of lacking air or oxygen.
